looks like he catches everything..... including not perfectly thrown thrown balls..... and he is tough.... breaking tackles.... etc....

looks like one of those dependable clutch patriot type of players..... if he plays like that in pros, he will be a favorite of Rivers and fans..... but he did not face tough defense in college....and highlight reels are called highlight reels for a reason.....

I remember that RB from LSU we drafted who looked so great in highlight films but did nothing in pros....

Agree with this. Those highlight reels are just the best plays they made usually. It's an advertisement.

Little bit different. Rice whole college career was a highlight film. Only question was his speed. It was a big question at the time. Even so, I think the 49ers traded up to get him in the first in the early middle rounds. This guy might be fine, I think his skill set fit with Rivers skill set so he could be a nice fit. Maybe he is the next Eric Decker. Maybe not. He has a really good shot to make the team which is not too bad in the sixth round.

Rice had a record-setting 1983 campaign, including NCAA marks for receptions (102) and receiving yards (1,450), and was named a first-team Division I-AA All-American.[11] He also set a single-game NCAA record by catching 24 passes against Louisiana's Southern University.[9] As a senior in 1984, he broke his own Division I-AA records for receptions (112) and receiving yards (1,845). His 27 touchdown receptions in that 1984 season set the NCAA record for all divisions.[9]

Rice caught 17 passes for 199 yards against Southern, 17 for 294 against Kentucky State, and 15 for 285 against Jackson State. He scored five touchdowns in a single game twice that year. [/B]Rice was named to every Division I-AA All-America team (including the Associated Press squad) and finished ninth in Heisman Trophy balloting in 1984. In the Blue–Gray Classic all-star game played on Christmas Day, he earned MVP honors.[12] He finished his career with 301 catches for 4,693 yards and 50 touchdowns; his NCAA record for total career touchdown receptions stood until 2006, when University of New Hampshire wide receiver David Ball recorded his 51st career receiving touchdown.

hmmm, was Lachey still anchoring that pro bowl Chargers OL when Rice was running wild scoring TDs at will against them in the SB? I can't recall.

Oh, God no! Steve Ortmayer had long since traded Jim Lachey to the Raiders ('88) in exchange for OT John Clay and 3rd/4th round draft picks that were essentially traded back to the Raiders for RB Napoleon McCallum.

Somehow, Clay didn't have to pass a physical for this trade to go through, and he only ever played in ONE game for the Bolts before a back injury shut him down.

McCallum was a marginal player for the Chargers, cut after two seasons and re-signed with the Raiders, where his career was ended by a horrific knee injury.

Like McCallum, Steve Ortmayer was re-hired by the Raiders after getting canned by the Chargers.

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